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  • Jorge Luis Borges Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Argentijns writer (1899 - 1986)
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  • Henry van Dyke Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Meister Eckhart Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Daniel J. Boorstin Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
    Daniel J. Boorstin
    American historian (1914 - 2004)
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  • James Taylor Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.
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  • John Dryden Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Arthur Middleton Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Thomas Paine Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Billy Collins To a poet, it's quite ruinous to have a poem distorted, out of shape, or squeezed, shall we say, into this tiny screen. But I'm not sure big digital companies are sensitive to the needs of poets.
    Billy Collins
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Anatole France To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Bob Filner To all the women that I've offended, I had no intention to be offensive, to violate any physical or emotional space. I was trying to establish personal relationships, but the combination of awkwardness and hubris led to behavior that I think many found offensive.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Ben Affleck To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Bill Rodgers To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime.
    Bill Rodgers
    American marathon athlete (1947 - )
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  • Abraham Cowley To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.
    Of Agriculture.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • W. E. B. Du Bois To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
    W. E. B. Du Bois
    American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and writer (1868 - 1963)
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  • Francesco Petrarca To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
    Francesco Petrarca
    Italian poet and writer (1304 - 1374)
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  • Og Mandino To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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